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kaffir

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈkæfə/Part of speech nounSorted affikrStarts with KEnds with R0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an offensive and insulting term for any Black African

Word origin

Ultimately from Arabic كَفَّار (kaffār, “infidel”) or كَافِر (kāfir, “unbeliever”), both from كَفَرَ (kafara, “to cover, to hide”); in some (especially early) uses, via Spanish cafre, Dutch kaffer or other European languages. Doublet of kafir.

Used in a sentence

  • He […] put me in imminent danger of my life, by telling the natives that I was a Caffer, and not a Mussulman.
  • … the Hambonaas, a nation quite different from the Kaffers, having a yellowish complexion […].
  • I rang the bell, and a smiling Kafir boy answered it.

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